Vol 3 Land Resource Inventory Report - Department of Environment ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The preparation of the Natural Resource Inventory Report (NRI) is a requirement under the
Environment Management Act (2005). Under the Environment Management Act (2005)
s.13, the resource management unit is required to prepare the NRI report after consulting the
important stakeholders such as the resource owners. Notably, this is the first NRI that has
been prepared for Fiji. It is divided into six chapters and each chapter focuses on important
aspects of the natural resources in Fiji. The major sub categories of NRI are the:
Freshwater Resources
Marine Resources
Agricultural Resources
Energy Resources
Mineral Resources
Chapter 3 focused on physical geography and soils of Fiji. The subsequent section analysed
the native forests, logged forests, rehabilitated areas, protected forests, conservation areas,
mangroves, and plantation forests. The third section focused on terrestrial flora and fauna of
Fiji and the concluding section highlighted the gaps in existing literature in the field of land
resource inventory of Fiji.
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